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BGI to Open Sequencing Facility in Singapore

publication date: Sep 25, 2012

BGI, the genomics powerhouse headquartered in Shenzhen, will build a next generation sequencing facility in Singapore as part of a partnership with INEX Innovations Exchange, a Singapore-based women’s health diagnostics company. BGI has developed a non-invasive test that uses a blood sample from a pregnant mother to screen for three chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus. One of the abnormalities results in Down Syndrome. The test replaces an amniocentesis procedure, which has a 1% chance of causing a miscarriage. More details....

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